3.0.0 1415 2023-01-11T13:22:36Z 2023-01-11T13:22:36Z Senate S S 2011-07-26 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-07-26T16:02:27Z Access to Birth Control Act 112 2659 HR 2011-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2011-07-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2011-07-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2011-07-26 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-07-26 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-07-26 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-07-26 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2011-07-26 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-07-26 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-07-26 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-07-26 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-07-26 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2011-07-26 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-07-26 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2011-07-26 True Health Civil actions and liability Family planning and birth control Health care coverage and access Health technology, devices, supplies Health 00 2011-07-26 Introduced in Senate 2011-08-02T21:04:30Z Access to Birth Control Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require pharmacies to comply with certain rules related to contraceptives, including: (1) providing a customer a contraceptive without delay if it is in stock; (2) immediately informing a customer if the contraceptive is not in stock and either transferring the prescription to a pharmacy that has the contraceptive in stock or expediting the ordering of the contraceptive and notifying the customer when it arrives, based on customer preference, except for pharmacies that do not ordinarily stock contraceptives in the normal course of business; and (3) ensuring that pharmacy employees do not take certain actions relating to a request for contraception, including intimidating, threatening, or harassing customers, interfering with or obstructing the delivery of services, intentionally misrepresenting or deceiving customers about the availability of contraception or its mechanism of action, breaching or threatening to breach medical confidentiality, or refusing to return a valid, lawful prescription.

Provides that a pharmacy is not prohibited from refusing to provide a contraceptive to a customer if: (1) it is unlawful to dispense the contraceptive to the customer without a valid, lawful prescription and no such prescription is presented; (2) the customer is unable to pay for the contraceptive; or (3) the employee of the pharmacy refuses to provide the contraceptive on the basis of a professional clinical judgment.

Provides that this Act does not preempt state law or any professional obligation of a state board that provides greater protections for customers.

Sets forth civil penalties and establishes a a private cause of action for violations of this Act.

]]> Access to Birth Control Act Display Title Access to Birth Control Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Access to Birth Control Act Introduced in Senate 2011-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1415is/xml/BILLS-112s1415is.xml 2011-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.